Inside the walls of a nondescript building in an industrial area of southeast Sacramento, horrors untold await to be unleashed.

With walls adorned with Tiki gods, and beach monsters, the building has been transformed into a studio for TFO Productions. While workers grind granite next door, Darin Wood and Christy Savage have been using the studio to bring their imaginations to life for years.

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“Both of us were just horror kids in the '70s. We grew up with that,” Savage said.

The pair teamed up back in 1991, when they both worked at Tower Books on Watt Avenue. Since then, they have gone on to make three 'do-it-yourself' horror movies as TFO Productions.

Wood and Savage have worked together on every production, with Wood directing, Savage producing. Wood writes all the films.

Their latest finished production, "BMK" was just released on DVD and on-demand this month. To celebrate, they will screen the film on June 29, at the Esquire IMAX in downtown Sacramento.

Funds raised from that screening will also help raise money for their next production.

Their movies, including “Planet of the Vampire Women” and “Monster from Bikini Beach,” were made with mostly local talent volunteering their time, and have developed a cult following.

“Things that are genre films, like horror films, are really suited (for) DIY,” Wood said. “They’re like punk rock records. They’re great when they’re not produced.”

There have been a lot of changes since they first started working together -- both in the way they make movies and in Sacramento’s film community.

“When we started putting together TFO stuff … there wasn’t a film community in Sacramento,” Wood said.

They started by working on a collection of smaller projects and a cable TV show, before starting the film festival for “trash films” in 2001. The festivals allowed the couple to share their favorite films, and became known for the Zombie Walk that would kick off the event every year.

As the festival grew in popularity, they realized they had the volunteers and technology needed to make a full movie.

“It’s a marathon, not a sprint. You need to be in for that whole project,” Savage said. “You have all these people donating time, food, money, all these things because they believe in what you’re doing. You owe them.”

As time has moved on, they’ve noticed a growing number of filmmakers in Northern California. It’s a development they are both encouraged by.

“When we started off, it was cost prohibitive to make films,” Savage said. “Now it’s like everybody is.”

Savage points out that many new filmmakers have resources, including digital technology, and being able to raise money on crowdfunding sites.

While TFO raises money online, as well as using live fundraisers, it tries to never let its budget stop it from finishing a film. Its last movie cost about $35,000 to make. For its next project, a barbarian epic called “GRUNK the Smasher,” it hopes to raise $100,000.

“They more money we get, the better actors we get, the bigger sets, whatever. We’ll still do the same thing, even if we had a giant budget,” Savage said.

Even if they fall short of that goal, the show will go on.

“We’re just going to keep making the best movies we can make, and get them out to as many people as we can,” Savage said.